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befianr,Chap.z.
It
teachedi
us
that
we muft.cleanfe our felves
that
we may
no
way
grieve
fo
glorious
a
gueft: Cant.3. 6.
Who is
this
that
commeth out
òf
the
wilderneffe like
pillars
of
fmoake,
perfumed with myrrhe and frankincenfe,
with all
powders
oftbe merchant?
How
;ealòrts
God
is
ofthof
to whom he
ap_
proachethe
Irbil!
be
farsaified
in
all
that
come
'secrete me:
for
what
Com-
munion can there
be
betwixt
light
and
darkneffe
,
the
Lord
being a
confir-
ming
fire;
and
who
can dwell
with thole everlafling
burningse
If
any
great
Perfonaces come to
vifit us,
wee will have every
corner fwept,
and
not
leave fluttifh holes for nofe -gayes to them.
The
Apoftle
on
this
ground enforceth
his
exhortation,z.Cor.7.
x.
Having
fuch premi-
[eet,letus
cleanfe our
'elves
from
all filthineffe
offlefb
and
Lbrit,
and
grow
up
to
full
holine
fe
in the
feare
of
God.
Secondly,
it Both
teach
us
the
bleffednefí'e
of
all
the
faithful!:
What
an outward felicity it
is
deemed, if
a
Prince do grace with
his prefence
this
or that
placee
if
he reiterate
that
favour, there
is
no fmall
joy
in
that
city: and
when
a
houle
is
more meane
,
if
then
a
Prince
(hall in
progreffè,or otherwife lodge it,it
is
a
narration for pofterity,
how
thus
many times it pleated
fo
great
a
King
to
grace fuch
dr
fuch
a
place
with
his
prefence.But
that
the great
King
& Lord of heaven and earth
fhould
once vouchfafeto take
up his
lodging
under our
roofe,
this
bountycannot be
fuflìcicntly
extolled.
Wee
reade
how
that
when the Arke
carne
amongft the
Ifraelites,
they
shouted
that
the heavens
didring for joy,/
Sam
4. yet that
was
but
the
pledge
and
token
of
Gods
gracious prefence
to his.people.And
we
fee
ifwee
have tenements , wee are
glad
to
have
them beftowed
on
thofe who
will
keep
them from
wind
and.
water.
God dwelleth
in
us,
not for
his
good,
but
for ours; we have
-
houles againft weathers vio-
lent, which
that'
Rand
fall
as
mount Zion
,
that cannot
bee
moved,
Pfal.ra5.
r.
A ground
of
meditation, when we
find
God abfent, how
to requeft
his
pretence;
to
long
forhim,tocry
after him,
to hold
our
(elves
molt
miferable without him.
To
this end
thou
maift purge and cleanfe
thy
felfe,
prepare
a
cleane
roome
in
the clofet
of
thy
heart for him.
The
humble
heart
uthe
onely Palace
of
his
delight
,-
Ifay. 57.
/5.
For
thus
faith
he
that
is
high
and excellent,
he
that
inhabitetheternity,
who fe
Name
is
the
holy
one,
i
dwell
in
the,
high and
holy
Place;
with
hiim
all
that
is
o
a
contrite
and
humble
fpirit.
But
it
may be
Paid:
God
ftlleth heaven
and earth, Heaven
is
his
throne,
and
the
earth
his
foot.Floole.
EfI'entially.
God
is
every where prefent,
ien.
z
3.
24.
but
here his
pre
-
fence is taken
energetically for
his effeóìuáll
aéìion,
neither
that
uni-
verfally,for
fo he
is
prefent with
all
things
vifible and
invifble,gover-
ning
them by the power wherewith he created
them, both
according
to nature
and againft nature:
but more efpecially and peculiarly with
his Saints and
chofen,
making
them partakers
of
all
thofe gifts which
are needful! and neceffary for
them
unto falvation.
In
which
fettle
the words
of
Chrift
are to be taken,
if
any
man
love
ones
y
Father
will
G
g
come
33
3
PP
is
I
Gicve- not,
but
pleafe chis
gueft.
r.Per:z.
45-
Levu.ro.
3.
Cor.6.r6.
Efa33-r4
Yj
z;
Honour
of
rrue
Chtifti
.ns.
Yf,
3,
How ró
reco..
ver
the
pre-
tence
of,óod.
O6jeEE.
,snf.
Divers
forts?!
Godspr@
fence.